Single use digital ureteroscope cost effective, functionally equivalent to reusable uteroscopes
Major advances in endoscopic technology has been noted, but there remain benchmark metrics that are required for all endoscopes, including: visual acuity, tip diameter and agility, scope safety, durability and cost. The importance placed on each metric may vary amongst urologists. Improvements in the technology and manufacturing of su-scopes, especially with complementary metal oxide semiconductor camera chips, is improving su-scope image quality and cost control compared to ru-scopes. Additionally, concerns over the environmental impact of a wider utilization of su-scopes have largely been mitigated by a comparative analysis showing that the carbon footprint is equivalent for both su-scopes and ru-scopes. Nevertheless, the historical sentiment that ruscopes provide a better image quality, smaller environmental impact and cost savings still persists today.
Recent research has demonstrated that the Axis single-use digital ureteroscope is equivalent in function to our digital reusable scope and reduced the cost of flexible ureteroscopy.
For the study,researchers conducted a prospective 90-day trial where all flexible ureteroscopic procedures were completed using the single-use ureteroscope. The cases were monitored for scope failure, scope deficiencies and surgeon satisfaction scores via an immediate postoperative REDCap survey. They also performed a cost analysis between reusable scopes and the single-use ureteroscope. The cost of the reusable platform included the amortized initial purchase, maintenance and clean processing.the research report has been put forth in Urology Practice.
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